Periductal Mastitis: An Inflammatory Disease Related to Bacterial Infection and Consequent Immune Responses?

Table 1

Demographic characteristics in case and control groups.

Variable	Cases ()	Controls ()
Marriage
Yes	82 (94.25)	86 (98.85)	0.211
No	5 (5.75)	1 (1.15)
Menopause
Yes	6 (6.90)	0 (0)	0.029
No	81 (93.10)	87 (100)
Hypertension
Yes	5 (5.75)	0 (0)	0.059
No	82 (94.25)	87 (100)
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	5 (5.75)	0 (0)	0.059
No	82 (94.25)	87 (100)
Heart diseases
Yes	4 (4.60)	0 (0)	0.121
No	83 (95.40)	87 (100)
Passive smoking
Yes	23 (46.94)	16 (35.56)	0.263
No	26 (53.06)	29 (64.44)
History of allergies
Yes	9 (10.34)	7 (8.05)	0.670
No	78 (89.66)	80 (91.95)

Note. Data are number (%) of patients.
values were determined with the chi-square test.